NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 181
Facing the reporter's doubts, Su Chen naturally didn't have the kindness to help them solve their doubts. Anyway, Su Chen could accept this defeat.

Without staying longer at the press conference, Su Chen simply answered and left.

On the plane back to Minnesota, Su Chen was also thinking hard.

"The ball is indeed faster than the person."

Su Chen turned the pen in her hand, feeling a little helpless.

Although the Timberwolves' defensive rotation is already very fast, it was only the first game, and they caught the Spurs by surprise.

When the Spurs reacted, Popovich still responded.

The ability to win the Spurs last season relied on the efficient performance of the Splash Brothers.

And there is one more important point.

That is, Popovich was still basically blank for him at the time and the small ball tactics at the time.

This season, Popovich has had time to study him.

From the regular season to the first and second rounds of the playoffs.

"If the control points reach eighth in the West, the Black Eight Spurs will be easier than meeting the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals."

Su Chen thought helplessly.

Popovich studied him too much.

So this is why Su Chen didn't stay with the Warriors last season. If he stayed with the Warriors last season, the conditions for the lottery will become harsh.

First of all, the highly difficult signing in the regular season will definitely not be obtained. Even if it is obtained, it will affect the Warriors' playoff status.

Then came the first round.

The lower-ranked teams in the West may barely reach the A-level, but after increasing the difficulty, they may not meet a team that can draw a lottery in the first round.

Not even the second round.

The Warriors' system is strong and strong, but it is not without methods.

In the final analysis, Su Chen still has a gap with the real top coaches in the league. He himself is a tactical explainer before time travel.

Therefore, improving his own strength is the most important thing.

His own strength is naturally his system's lottery.

"Let's continue to change teams next season."

This further strengthened Su Chen's idea of ​​running next season.

But now that the Timberwolves have encountered the biggest obstacle in the way of the Spurs, they still have to find a way to solve it.

If he wants to change teams next season, he will naturally be the general manager, and he will have the right to draft and trade in his hands.

Especially among the rookies next season, there is a very dazzling MVP, which must be won.

Power is naturally in your hands.

So if you want to get the right, it depends on playing, not from other team owners.

Taylor seems to trust him, but this trust is also based on the fact that he led the team to the championship last season.

Although leading a rebuilding team to the Western Conference Finals is already a relatively important achievement, it is almost meaningless to find a new team to take over the power directly.

You know, the Timberwolves' first round was squandered by Su Chen. They made money in the Western Conference finals, but they didn't make much money.

Moreover, after running off the team continuously, the impression he left on other teams is that it is easy to run off.

This requires even more serious results.

Reaching the finals, or going further, after all, even the strongest opponent, the Spurs, has defeated it, so it is reasonable to win a championship.

The Spurs still have to win.

Su Chen flipped through the files of the Spurs, and then stopped on Duncan's files.

"Tim Duncan can be said to be recognized as the number one power forward in history. The reason for the loss in G2 is actually Duncan."

Su Chen rubbed her temples with her hands.

Duncan's strength does not need to be praised with too many words. His luxurious career honors are a statement of his strength.

Obviously, while his own strength is strong, he can also become the pivot of the team, and he is also extremely strong on the defensive end.

Such a player can also become a superstar even in the small ball era, just look at Jokic.

"Duncan is so old, but still so fierce."

Su Chen thought about it and looked at Duncan's basic information.

[Tim Duncan was born in Saint Ke, Virgin Islands in 1976.]

When Su Chen saw the number 1976, he stopped looking.

"Duncan is almost 38 years old."

Su Chen's eyes suddenly lit up while thinking about it.

He seemed to have figured out a way.

Minnesota.

Inside the Target Center arena.

G3 between the Spurs and Timberwolves is about to start.

For this game, it has once again attracted a lot of attention.

Originally, the series between the Spurs and the Timberwolves received less attention than the Eastern Conference, and the Heat and Pacers games received as much attention.

First of all, the Spurs and Timberwolves are not considered traffic teams. From the perspective of star flavor, the Eastern Conference Finals series is even more eye-catching.

Needless to say, the Big Three of the Heat, James, Wade, and Bosh, these three stars of the 03 platinum generation are always attracting the attention of the league.

At the same time, the Heat's role players are becoming more famous.

Ray Allen, Battier, and Lewis are all well-known players in the league.

Even their opponents, the Pacers, have future stars like George.

Although Hibbert didn't play well this season, last season, Hibbert was the same as the biggest contributor to the Heat's tiebreaker and also attracted attention.

In addition to traffic, the suspense of the battle between the two sides is also an important factor.

After all, the Pacers and the Heat reached the tiebreaker last season. Whether the Pacers can get revenge is also a big thing to watch.

In comparison, the battle in the West was not optimistic at the beginning.

Many people think that if the Spurs let the Timberwolves win the next game, it is considered that the Timberwolves are amazing.

But now after the Timberwolves won the next game at the beginning, they began to change this view somewhat.

Many Timberwolves fans also joked that the goal was reached ahead of schedule.

But after the Spurs defended their home court, this game is quite important.

Although not as important as the battle of Tianwangshan, the Timberwolves won the Spurs' home court. If the Spurs can't win the Timberwolves' home court, they will be really passive.

If they can't win a game, the Spurs will return to San Antonio with a score of 1 to 3.

Of course, there are still many people who have confidence in the Spurs. After all, the Spurs' victory over the Timberwolves in the last game was an easy situation with hands in hand.

But Timberwolves fans are still very excited at this time.

They have always been looked down upon by the outside world. Now that the team has reached this point, it is natural to cheer for the team.

When the Timberwolves players entered the field, the audience cheered with all their might.

Niche teams also have momentum.

The Timberwolves players didn't look very relaxed this time, and all of them looked serious.

But their eyes are very firm, this game, they are bound to fight.

Su Chen arrived on the bench early in the morning and was already making preparations in advance.

This scene was also captured by the camera.

Several people on the commentary stage also saw this scene.

"It's rare to see Su Chen so serious. During the regular season, Su Chen even rested himself."

"Even in the playoffs, Su Chen often has a relaxed expression. It is rare to see Su Chen so serious."

Johnson said after seeing the picture.

"Obviously, the strength of the Spurs has surpassed Su Chen's own estimation, and he himself is not sure that it will be like this."

Kenny Smith took up the topic and said.

"These are not important. Popovich fought back in the last game, and now it's Su Chen's turn to test again."

Barkley said at this time.

The Timberwolves' loss in the last game was quite ugly.

If the scene of the last game appeared in G1, then many people would probably say that the Timberwolves and the Spurs are not at the same level of team at all.

Not only the opinions of the outside world, but even for the players themselves, it would be a big blow to the players' morale if they were beaten like this in the first game.

After all, the opponent is a historically strong team, and psychological suppression still exists, especially since the Timberwolves are mostly young players.

But fortunately, the Timberwolves won the first game, which prevented the mentality of the Timberwolves players from being hit too hard.

"Su Chen has kept the team in closed training recently, and seeing Su Chen's busy appearance, he must have prepared something."

Looking at Su Chen in the picture, O'Neill couldn't help saying.

At this time, on the court, the coaches of both sides had serious expressions.

The players on the court are warming up, but even so, Popovich will give various reminders.

Although Su Chen didn't give various reminders to the players on the field when they were warming up like Popovich did.

But from time to time, Su Chen took out a small notebook from his suit pocket, wrote something and put it back.

It's not really important either.

Su Chen just wrote the names of the players on the small notebook, and then watched their warm-up shots, and marked them.

Before that, Su Chen usually just looked at the warm-up state casually.

But Su Chen in this scene was extraordinarily serious.

The game is about to start.

The starting players from both sides walked into the field.

Timberwolves starting lineup: Serge Ibaka (C), Giannis Antetokounmpo (PF), Luol Deng (SF), Andre Iguodala (SG), Jimmy Butt Le (PG)

Spurs starting lineup: Thiago Splitter (C), Tim Duncan (PF), Kawhi Leonard (SF), Danny Green (SG), Tony Parker (PG)

The Spurs' starting lineup did not change much, and they continued the lineup from the previous game.

But in the Timberwolves' starting lineup, Su Chen made adjustments.

Su Chen put Covington in the starting lineup before, because Covington's top defense ability has greatly improved the entire defense system.

But this time, Su Chen didn't let Covington start again, but let Iguodala return to the starting lineup.

At this time, the two sides perform a jump ball.

The experienced Duncan jumped to the ball for his side.

Jumping balls are not purely for jumping with wingspan.

Some experienced guards or forwards can jump the ball to win when they are fighting for the ball inside the opponent.

Of course, that is when the height difference is not too big.

Parker advances with the ball.

Parker watched the Timberwolves' defensive formation while holding the ball.

It was Ibaka on Duncan again.

"Is it still the same as last time?"

Parker thought for a moment, and then made a tactical gesture.

As the team's veteran point guard, Parker can also be regarded as an assistant coach on the court. Popovich told Parker the strategy and tactics before going on the court.

Parker prepared the ball, let Duncan hold the ball, and first looked at the opponent's defensive strategy.

At the same time, this tactical gesture is also the tactic used by the Spurs to break the Timberwolves' defense in the last game. As long as they flank Duncan, the other Spurs players will immediately make corresponding problem-solving moves.

After Duncan received the ball in the low post, he didn't turn his back in a hurry, but held the ball and observed the defense first.

After confirming that the Timberwolves did not set up a double-team formation in advance, they turned their backs and hit Ibaka with their backs.

After experiencing G1 and G2, Duncan pays a lot of attention when playing back.

Pay attention to the running positions of the Timberwolves players, and at the same time the running positions of your teammates, instead of blindly hitting back.

After Duncan hit Ibaka a few times, he took a chance and turned around to hit the board.

This is the standard 45-degree hit of Duncan's career.

brush!
Timberwolves 0:2 Spurs.

Duncan hit directly with a back, allowing the Spurs to score first.

Duncan looked a little surprised, isn't this a little too easy?

Originally, the fans in the audience were shouting for the defense to cheer for the players on the field, but Ibaka easily scored two points, which made the Timberwolves fans stunned.

Ibaka is also very helpless. In his many playoff careers, he has met Duncan in the same situation.

"Stop double-teaming? Is this what coach Su Chen came up with these days?"

Johnson was startled.

Although this is only the first ball, isn't it a bit outrageous to be hit so easily by the opponent?
"Go ahead and see, this ball is a bit too much for the Spurs to score easily."

So did Kenny Smith.

At this time the game is still going on.

In the first two games, Butler often attacked with the ball.

But in this Timberwolves offensive round, Butler didn't even touch the ball, and ran directly towards the bottom corner.

The ball is given to Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Giannis Antetokounmpo has proven in past games that he can't beat Leonard or Duncan.

Even in games won by the Timberwolves, Giannis Antetokounmpo is a blue-collar position.

Popovich glanced at Iguodala.

When Butler does not hold the ball, the Timberwolves' second point of possession is logically Iguodala.

But Iguodala didn't go up to catch the ball, so he found a three-point spot and squatted.

The Timberwolves have two ball-holding points outside. Butler and Iguodala do not hold the ball and become fixed-point positions.

Is Giannis Antetokounmpo really going to singles?

Just when Popovich was wondering.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is holding the ball at the top of the arc, and Duncan is directly guarding him.

Because Giannis Antetokounmpo does not have the characteristics of a three-pointer, it has been studied by Popovich. Facing Giannis Antetokounmpo is a three-step defense.

But at this time, Ibaka suddenly ran out from the basket at a very fast speed.

Ibaka is going to run a pick-and-roll for Giannis Antetokounmpo?

Obviously not.

Ibaka sprints out and circles directly behind Giannis Antetokounmpo.

The ball was a hand-off to Ibaka.

After giving it, Giannis Antetokounmpo directly made a pick-and-roll action.

Is this actually a three-point tactic for Ibaka?

This surprised Popovich.

Ibaka's three-point tactical hit rate, if Ibaka doesn't let Ibaka take two steps, it can be regarded as a face to Ibaka.

Do you still think that you are a three-point shooter? This is a three-point tactic?
(End of this chapter)